The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Consequential Amendments and Repeals) Order 2001 No. 3649

PART 8 MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION

Consumer Protection Act 1987 (c. 43)

Exclusion of offences under section 397 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

309.  After subsection (5) of section 20 of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 (offence of giving misleading information) insert—

“(5A) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above if, in giving the misleading indication which would otherwise constitute an offence under either of those subsections, he is guilty of an offence under section 397 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (misleading statements and practices).”.